USEFUL RESOURCES
The following websites, organisations and books are a useful starting point for anyone wanting to reconnect with how their food is produced or find out more about issues ranging from food security to sustainable living.
Books
Barr, N., The House on the Hill: The transformation of Australia’s farming communities, Land and Water Australia, Canberra, 2009.
Brett, J., ‘Fair Share: Country and City in Australia,’ Quarterly Essay, Black Inc, Collingwood, Issue 42, 2011.
Carson, R., Silent Spring, Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1962.
Cockburn, L., Living the Good Life: How one family changed their world from their own backyard, Hardie Grant Books, South Yarra, 2006.
Cribb, J., The Coming Famine: The global food crisis and what we can do to avoid it, CSIRO Publishing, Canberra, 2010.
Gray, I. and Lawrence, G., A Future for Regional Australia: Escaping global misfortune, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, 2001.
Hamilton, C. and Denniss, R., Affluenza: When too much is never enough, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 2005.
Henzell, T., Australian Agriculture: Its history and challenges, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, 2007.
Petrini, C., Slow Food Nation, Rizzoli International Publications Inc., New York, 2007.
Pollan, M., The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A natural history of four meals, Penguin Press, New York, 2006.
Pollan, M., In Defense of Food: An eater’s manifesto, Penguin Press, New York, 2008.
Salatin, J., The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer, Chelsea Green Publishing, USA, 2010.
Schlosser, E., Fast Food Nation: The dark side of the all-American meal, Harper Perennial, New York, 2005.
Schultz, J. (ed), Griffith Review: Food Chain, Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2010.
Singer, P., Animal Liberation (2nd Edition), Pimlico, London, 1995.
Singer, P., How Are We to Live? Ethics in an age of self-interest, Oxford University Press, New York, 1997.
Smith, A. and MacKinnon, J., Plenty: Eating locally on the 100-mile diet, Three Rivers Press, New York, 2007.
Smith, R. and Lourie, B., Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the toxic chemistry of everyday life affects our health, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, 2009.
Websites
Alternative Farming Systems Information Centre
(US Department of Agriculture)
Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network
Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance
Australian Farmers’ Markets Association
Australian Organic Food Directory
Biological Farmers of Australia
City Food Growers
Eat Good Meat Movement
Eco directory: Australia’s guide to sustainable living
Environmental Farmers Network
Ethical Living Australia
FoodConnect Community-Supported Agriculture Scheme
International Commission on the Future of Food and Agriculture
International Slow Food Movement
Landshare
La Via Campesina
OBE Organic
Slow Food Movement Australia
Sydney Food Fairness Alliance
The Permaculture Research Institute of Australia
WWF Australia